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Thursday, October 25, 2007

Quince? You What?


No Runcible Spoons Here, but Lots of Blood Sweat & Tears

Jeremy got me to think about Quince. It made me realise that I had no idea what they look or taste like. I only know of them from The Owl and the Pussycat and never really knowing what the combination of mince and quince. That was not the mince, tatties and peas that I grew up with.

The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five pound note.
The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar,
"O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love,
What a beautiful Pussy you are, you are, you are,
What a beautiful Pussy you are."
Pussy said to the Owl "You elegant fowl,
How charmingly sweet you sing.
O let us be married, too long we have tarried;
But what shall we do for a ring?"
They sailed away, for a year and a day,
To the land where the Bong-tree grows,
And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood
With a ring at the end of his nose, his nose, his nose,
With a ring at the end of his nose.
"Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling your ring?"
Said the Piggy, "I will"
So they took it away, and were married next day
By the Turkey who lives on the hill.
They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon.
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand.
They danced by the light of the moon, the moon, the moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.



And for those who don't know the difference.


Mince


Quince


And what is a Runcible Spoon Anyway?

9 comments:

Jeremy Jacobs said...

Thanks for the plug Colin. As "Welshcakes" said on my Blog, it's a pity that very few people know about the quince. I can hardly wait until my next visit to Tesco to ask the question.

Colin Campbell said...

In the interim, I will stick with mince. I am not aware that I have seen them here in Adelaide, although the climate should be OK. Glad to see that Margate are doing ok.

jams o donnell said...

I think runcible is a nonsense word. As for quince, I love quince "cheese" a firm jelly which goes brilliantly with cheese and biscuits.

Christine and FAZ said...

Are you sure that's a quince, looks like a lemon to me.

Colin Campbell said...

Quinces do look like lemons a bit. The skin is like an apple in texture, but does have the yellow colour.

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